Netcatty

🔥 AI-Powered SSH Client, SFTP Browser & Terminal Manager 🚀
netcatty.app

A beautiful, feature-rich SSH workspace built with Electron, React, and xterm.js.
🔥 Built-in AI Agent · Split terminals · Vault views · SFTP workflows · Custom themes — all in one.

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🔥 Catty Agent — Your IT Ops AI Partner

🚀 Boost your IT ops daily work with AI power. Catty Agent is the built-in AI assistant that understands your servers, executes commands, and handles complex multi-host operations — all through natural conversation.

🔥 What can Catty Agent do?

• 🚀 Natural language server management — just tell it what you need, no more memorizing commands
• 🔥 Real-time server diagnostics — check status, inspect logs, monitor resources through conversation
• 🚀 Multi-host orchestration — coordinate tasks across multiple servers simultaneously
• 🔥 Intelligent context awareness — understands your server environment and provides tailored responses
• 🚀 One-click complex operations — set up clusters, deploy services, and more with simple instructions

🎬 AI in Action

🔥 Single Host — Intelligent Server Diagnostics

Ask Catty Agent to check a server's health, and it runs the right commands, analyzes the output, and gives you a clear summary — all in seconds.

🚀 Multi-Host — Docker Swarm Cluster Setup

Watch Catty Agent orchestrate a Docker Swarm cluster across two servers in one conversation. It handles the init, token exchange, and node joining — you just tell it what you want.

Contents

• 🔥 Catty Agent — AI Partner
• What is Netcatty
• Why Netcatty
• Features
• Screenshots
  • Main Window
  • Vault Views
  • Split Terminals
• Supported Distros
• Getting Started
• Build & Package
• Tech Stack
• Contributing
• Contributors
• Star History
• License

What is Netcatty

Netcatty is a modern SSH client and terminal manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux, designed for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need to manage multiple remote servers efficiently.

• Netcatty is an alternative to PuTTY, Termius, SecureCRT, and macOS Terminal.app for SSH connections
• Netcatty is a powerful SFTP client with dual-pane file browser
• Netcatty is a terminal workspace with split panes, tabs, and session management
• Netcatty supports SSH, local terminal, Telnet, Mosh, and Serial connections (when available)
• Netcatty is not a shell replacement — it connects to shells via SSH/Telnet/Mosh or local/serial sessions

Why Netcatty

If you regularly work with a fleet of servers, Netcatty is built for speed and flow:

• Workspace-first — split panes + tabs + session restore for “always-on” workflows
• Vault organization — grid/list/tree views with fast search and drag-friendly workflows
• Serious SFTP — built-in editor + drag & drop + smooth file operations

Features

🗂️ Vault

• Multiple views — grid / list / tree
• Fast search — locate hosts and groups quickly

🖥️ Terminal Workspaces

• Split panes — horizontal and vertical splits for multi-tasking
• Session management — run multiple connections side-by-side

📁 SFTP + Built-in Editor

• File workflows — drag & drop uploads/downloads
• Edit in place — built-in editor for quick changes

🎨 Personalization

• Custom themes — tune the app appearance to your taste
• Keyword highlighting — customize highlight rules for terminal output

Screenshots

Main Window

The main window is designed for long-running SSH workflows: quick access to sessions, navigation, and core tools in one place.

Vault Views

Organize and navigate your hosts using the view that best fits the moment: grid for overview, list for scanning, tree for structure.

Split Terminals

Split panes help you monitor multiple servers/services at the same time (deploy + logs + metrics) without juggling windows.

Supported Distros

Netcatty automatically detects and displays OS icons for connected hosts:

Getting Started

Download

Download the latest release for your platform from GitHub Releases.

Or browse all releases at GitHub Releases.

macOS Users: Current releases are expected to be code-signed and notarized. If Gatekeeper still warns, make sure you downloaded the latest official build from GitHub Releases.

Nix / NixOS

Netcatty provides a flake that wraps the official Linux AppImage release for Nix and NixOS users:

nix run github:binaricat/Netcatty

For declarative installs, add the Netcatty flake as an input and use inputs.netcatty.packages.${pkgs.system}.default in your NixOS or Home Manager package list.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ and npm
• macOS, Windows 10+, or Linux

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty.git
cd Netcatty

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development mode (Vite + Electron)
npm run dev

Build & Package

# Build for production
npm run build

# Package for current platform
npm run pack

# Package for specific platforms
npm run pack:mac     # macOS (DMG + ZIP)
npm run pack:win     # Windows (NSIS installer)
npm run pack:linux   # Linux (AppImage + DEB + RPM)

Tech Stack

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

See agents.md for architecture overview and coding conventions.

Contributors

Thanks to all the people who contribute!

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Star History

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